Struggling Ventspils will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Valmiera / BSS in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Ventspils have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Virsliga
- Valmiera / BSS have the most points from losing position (7) in Virsliga
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Virsliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rīgas FS.
Ventspils form and stats
Overall Virsliga stats at home this season for Ventspils are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Stress levels are on the rise for Ventspils's attacking players as they have now played 194 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Andjelkovic was their last goal scorer.
Heartbreak before that as Ventspils lost 0-3 at Riga's place.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Ventspils as they have a new game in only three days, a Virsliga match thankfully also at home. Noah Jurmala are visiting.
Ventspils are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ventspils defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Valmiera / BSS form and stats
The seven points Valmiera / BSS have gathered from their first three away trips in the Virsliga is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Valmiera are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Virsliga against Noah Jurmala (placed 9th). A loss against Rīgas FS was the result prior to that, in a home game.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Valmiera are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Valmiera have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Valmiera / BSS - Ventspils 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ventspils victories, five draws and three Valmiera / BSS wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Ventspils missing players
Valmiera / BSS missing players
| Ventspils | Valmiera / BSS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 11% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 11.4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 13.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 6.1 |
| 22% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 29% |
- All of Valmiera / BSS's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Valmiera / BSS have not yet lost a game away.
- Valmiera / BSS have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Valmiera / BSS have scored more than double the goals of Ventspils.
- Valmiera / BSS have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Virsliga
- Valmiera / BSS have the most points from losing position (7) in Virsliga
- Valmiera / BSS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ventspils have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ventspils have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ventspils have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ventspils have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Virsliga
- Ventspils haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rīgas FS | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Valmiera / BSS | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Riga | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 4 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Liepāja | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 6 | Spartaks Jurmala | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 6 |
| 7 | Metta / LU | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 8 | Ventspils | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 9 | Noah Jurmala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 0 |